London (AFP) - a huge blue Rooster descended on the Trafalgar Square in London on Thursday, but the work of art has ruffle feathers by placing the symbol of France on a site marked a famous British victory over Napoleon.
4.7 Meters (15.5 feet) in height and foot colors lived overseas, the fiberglass Rooster blue was carved by the German artist Katharina Fritsch and monitor the famous square for 18 months.
Entitled Hahn/cock, was officially launched by Mayor Boris Johnson Londres, who said that he would abstain from making any "double meanings" rude about the erection of a giant cock at the monument in London.
"I had a brilliant artist, Katharina, emergency meeting," joked.
"She said it was all related to the interpretation of a woman of a man... or something. I think that it is one of those occasions where politicians have to resist any kind of artistic interpretation."
It is the latest work of art to Ponte tourist hotspot "fourth plinth".
Fritsch, 57, said she didn't know the Rooster was a French non-official symbol, and that she sought to represent the strength and regeneration.
"But is a good humorous side effect to have some French in a place that celebrates victory over Napoleon", said The Guardian newspaper, adding: "It has become like a cock!"
Trafalgar Square is named after the victory of the British Royal Navy on the French and the Spanish fleets at the battle of Trafalgar in 1805, a conflict is key in the Napoleonic wars.
The Rooster will be located on the other side of the square of the column of Nelson, a monument that commemorates the English naval hero Admiral Horatio Nelson, who was killed during the battle.
A group of conservationists had tried to get bird forbade the square, saying that it was "completely inappropriate, however fanciful and dramatic might seem".
There are four sockets of large stones in each corner of the Trafalgar Square, three of whom have statues. The fourth was to hold a statue of a horse in 1841, but due to insufficient funds was never completed.
Since 1998 the fourth plinth has been used to display temporary art pieces and so far has been host of artworks, including a giant ship in a bottle and a huge nude statue of the English artist Alison Lapper, who was born without arms, during her pregnancy.
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